The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression

No. 423
Metre P. M.
Tune WARNING.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key A minor
Singing key G minor
Time 2/2
5 stanzas

Words

Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression,What will thy doom be when arrayed in terrorGod shall command thee, covered with pollution,"Up to the judgment, up to the judgment?"

Oft he has called thee, but thou would'st not hear him;Mercies and judgments have alike been slighted;Yet he is gracious, and with arms unfoldedWaits to embrace you.

But if you trifle with his gracious message,Cleave to the world, and love its guilty pleasures,Mercy, grown weary, will in righteous judgmentLeave you forever.

Then you shall call, but he will not regard you;Seek for his favor, yet will never find it;Cry to the rocks to hide you from his presenceDeep in their caverns.

O! guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;Fly to the Saviour, and embrace his pardon:So shall you meet him, and with joy triumphant,Coming to judgment.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—WARNING AND INVITATION.»; hymn number «423» (large), tune name «WARNING. P. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Ah!» (see `lyrics_syllables.txt`): «guilt-y», «sin - ner» and «ter - ror» are hyphenated; «ruined», «transgression», «arrayed», «command», «covered», «pollution» and «judgment» are printed whole although each is sung on two or three notes. In stanza 1 the short fourth line is printed twice under the music, inside double quotation marks: «"Up to the judgment, up to the judgment?"» (a wide gap after the second «up», which is sung on two slurred notes); it is given here as printed, on one line. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music (no reference line); each long verse is broken in two by the column width and the turn-overs («not hear him;», «slighted;», «pleasures,», «judgment», «you;», «presence», «ing;», «triumphant,») are set on their own indented lines — they are joined here, one verse per line («warn-»/«ing;» of stanza 5 joined as «warning;»). The short fourth line of each stanza is set further in («Waits to embrace you.», «Leave you forever.», «Deep in their caverns.», «Coming to judgment.»); it is indented more here. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 5. The stanza numbers of the text column are printed without a period («2», «3», …); they are written «2.» … here, like the interlinear «1.», as in the other deliveries of this book. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «:» («Ah !», «him ;», «slighted ;», «you ;», «it ;», «O !», «ing ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («would'st»); the curly double quotes of stanza 1 are written straight. Spelling («would'st», «Saviour», «favor»), punctuation (no stop after «terror», «unfolded», «presence») and capitals are the print's.